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Campus Crime Budget Increase Mad About Mad Men: Professor Gary Edgerton Discusses His Analysis of The Hit TV Show Mad Men on Local NPR Show
 

Is Crime Affecting Admissions?

While campus safety has preoccupied students at Old Dominion University in the past few months, crime seems to be having little to no affect in the university’s admissions rates. According to the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment, ODU applicants have steadily increased since 2003. In 2010 the overall freshman applicants to ODU dropped from [...]

Campus Crime Budget Increase

Campus Crime Budget Increase

Over the past five years, Old Dominion University has seen a 29 percent increase in their safety budget. This includes threat assessments, installation and maintenance costs for technology, such as closed circuit cameras, additional lights, emergency phones and radios. This all falls under the $6,434,538 expected budget for the 2012 school year. In the past [...]

Letter From the Editor

First and foremost I would like to thank you for reading our publication. This is going to be our last issue of the semester, thus ending another school year. We are not done, however. We will still have an issue this summer. There will be some changes in the summer issue. The first is that [...]

Campus Safety’s Effects on Students’ Mental Health

Many of the crimes listed on the Old Dominion University daily crime log for the past two years involve at least one offender and one victim. These crimes include assault, intimidation, sexual battery, rape and robbery. ODU students are affected in a variety of ways by campus safety. People primarily think of the bodily harm [...]

Mad About Mad Men: Professor Gary Edgerton Discusses His Analysis of The Hit TV Show Mad Men on Local NPR Show

Mad About Mad Men: Professor Gary Edgerton Discusses His Analysis of The Hit TV Show Mad Men on Local NPR Show

Gary Edgerton, professor and chair of the communication and theatre arts department at ODU, was featured Thursday as a guest on the NPR radio broadcast show “With Good Reason” discussing the wildly popular television drama “Mad Men.”  Edgerton has also published a book on the series in collaboration with academic scholars from across the nation [...]

Old Dominion’s Dance Department is in Full Bloom

Old Dominion’s Dance Department is in Full Bloom

20 April 2012

The spring dance concert was brought to ODU’s theatre the week of April 11 through April 14. The dance showcase was a collection of choreographed pieces contributed by ODU faculty and dance students. The event was dedicated to the memory of Eva May Morris Gregory who passed in 2012. Gregory was honored for her family’s [...]

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Local Band Rekapse Signs With Producer Extraordinaire, Timbaland

Local Band Rekapse Signs With Producer Extraordinaire, Timbaland

20 April 2012

Virginia is home to some of the most recognized musicians in history, ranging from Ella Fitzgerald to Dave Matthews Band, and now has another set of musicians ready to make a name for themselves. Rekapse, a Virginia Beach indie band who has made their rounds in the area over the past few years, were recently [...]

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The Harsh Truth

The Harsh Truth

20 April 2012

Rape is a hard subject to discuss. The problem worsens when a victim cannot seek justice for being violated in the most brutal way. “The Invisible War,” a new documentary from Oscar nominated director Kirby Dick, sheds light on this problem. The United States military operates under the “uniform code of military justice,” which is [...]

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Red Bull Party Bus Bumps at Old Dominion

Red Bull Party Bus Bumps at Old Dominion

20 April 2012

Many students go to Red Bull to help them get through the end of semester grind. Red Bull now offers an alternative to help students take a break from it. Last Thursday, a few lucky Old Dominion students got the chance to ride around in the Red Bull Scenicruiser to relieve some stress from the [...]

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Sweep Salvaged

Sweep Salvaged

20 April 2012

A three run deficit was erased in the fifth when Shawn Sizemore crossed home plate on an error to score the go ahead run as Old Dominion escaped the wrong side of a weekend series sweep 6-5 over James Madison Sunday afternoon at Bud Metheney Complex. “Both teams played hard yesterday and today in back [...]

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Old Dominion Student Shoots People: Student Portrays Domestic Violence Through Photos

Old Dominion Student Shoots People: Student Portrays Domestic Violence Through Photos

20 April 2012

With her camera and bold subject matter, ODU senior Stephanie Eley presents the harsh realities of domestic abuse. Images of bruised women and substance abuse fill her frames that result in a startling and powerful effect. Eley was able to present her work for ODU’s senior show in a gallery entitled “Exposed,” in the Perry [...]

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Tribe Handled In Regular Season Finale Tune-up of CAA Tourney

Tribe Handled In Regular Season Finale Tune-up of CAA Tourney

20 April 2012

Senior Krystoff Muzalewski handled Adrian Vodislav in straight sets singles play 6-1, 6-1 to seal the regular season finale on senior day over William and Mary 4-3 Saturday afternoon at Folkes-Stevens Tennis Court. “It’s tough today, it’s windy, the conditions are hard and it comes down to who wants it more,” Muzalewski said. “Pretty much [...]

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Teen Mom Maci Bookout Tells All

Teen Mom Maci Bookout Tells All

20 April 2012

Old Dominion Student Activities Council presented Teen Mom’s Maci Bookout on Thursday, April 12. Students crammed into MGB’s Lecture Hall to hear words of advice and wisdom from “Teen Mom’s” own Maci Bookout.  Maci was one of the first teen moms featured on the now popular MTV documentary, “Teen Mom” and “16 and Pregnant.” Maci [...]

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ODU Freshman Sailor Looks to Qualify for 2012 Olympics

ODU Freshman Sailor Looks to Qualify for 2012 Olympics

20 April 2012

A gifted athlete is not the only one who has to pick a school to attend for their particular sport, but the school must pick them as well.  Old Dominion picked the right freshman in skipper Andrea Luna. In her first year as a Lady Monarch sailor, Luna has already teamed up with Ariana Baker [...]

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It is Strawberry Time in Pungo, VA

It is Strawberry Time in Pungo, VA

20 April 2012

Just saying the word “strawberries” makes my mouth drool. Their sweet taste and iconic shape have inspired The Beatles, a cartoon character, and Pop-Tarts. If you ask me, they are the best fruit; I have never met anyone who did not like strawberries. If you are like me and adore those fresh, red, delectable bites, [...]

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